The Boston Pops Orchestra was founded in 1885 as a subsection of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), founded four years earlier. Careful examination of the rosters of “Pops" or “Festival" orchestras, which are associated with a co-resident symphony orchestra in the same community, shows that the principal players of a “Pops" ensemble usually hold the post of assistant or associate principal of the “parent" ensemble. In general parlance, the Boston Pops is described as: “The Boston Symphony minus the first-chair players.
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Boston Pops Orchestra has had 33 concerts.
Boston Pops Orchestra is most often considered to be Instrumental, Classical, Soundtrack, Adult Standards, Orchestra, Easy Listening, Orchestral, Pops Orchestra, and Symphonic.
The last Boston Pops Orchestra concert was on December 16, 2023 at Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, RI, US.
The songs that Boston Pops Orchestra performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the June 21, 2006 concert at Boston Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, United States:
